Description |
1 online resource. |
Series |
American culture studies ; volume 14 |
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American studies (Transcript (Firm)) ; Bd. 14.
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Note |
A published record of the author's doctoral research, completed at the University of Washington between 1995 and 1998, and then substantially revised over subsequent years. |
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Title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed on Sept. 30, 2016). |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Reading white trash : class, race, and mobility in Faulkner and Le Sueur -- Incorporation and embodiment : gender, race, and space in Hurst and Himes -- Who's got the car keys? : geographic, economic, and social mobility in the magic kingdom of Los Angeles -- Black-audience westerns : race, nation, and mobility in the 1930s -- Space, class, city : imagined geographies of Maud Martha -- Home on the range : space, nation, and mobility in The searchers. |
Summary |
American Mobilities investigates representations of mobility - social, economic, geographic - in American film and literature during the Depression, WWII, and the early Cold War. With an emphasis on the dual meaning of "domestic, " referring to both the family home and the nation, this study traces the important trope of mobility that runs through the "American" century. Juxtaposing canonical fiction with popular, and low-budget independent films with Classical Hollywood, Leyda brings the analytic tools of American cultural and literary studies to bear on an eclectic array of primary texts as she builds a case for the significance of mobility in the study of the United States.-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States.
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American literature -- Social aspects -- 20th century.
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Social mobility -- United States.
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Human geography -- United States.
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Sex role -- United States.
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Popular culture -- United States.
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United States -- Race relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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Social mobility. (OCoLC)fst01122648
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Sex role. (OCoLC)fst01114598
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
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Human geography. (OCoLC)fst00963107
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American literature -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00807250
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Migration, Internal. (OCoLC)fst01020741
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01027384
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
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Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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ISBN |
9783839434550 (electronic bk.) |
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3839434556 (electronic bk.) |
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9783837634556 (paperback) |
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3837634558 (paperback) |
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